Cows are a major source of methane, a greenhouse gas far more potent than carbon dioxide and a significant driver of climate ...

For years, countries have told the United Nations how much methane they emit using a kind of bottom-up bookkeeping: Count the ...

Natural gas flaring emits methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, into the atmosphere. The majority of atmospheric methane comes from human activity, with the agricultural sector and the oil and gas ...

An international team of researchers found that global emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, rose faster than ever in the three years ending in 2022. In a new report from the Global Carbon ...

Methane, the main component of natural gas, is a major contributor to global warming, and is far more potent than carbon dioxide in preventing heat from escaping Earth’s atmosphere. According to a new ...

McGill engineering researchers have introduced an open-source model that makes it easier for experts and non-experts alike to ...

A study by the University of Bremen has identified 217 potential persistent methane source regions, estimated their emissions and created a global map of their distribution. The data was from the ...

The findings challenge current climate models, which predict that these environments will be an insignificant source of methane or even a sink as the Arctic warms. Typically, methane emissions are ...

Grist is a nonprofit, independent media organization dedicated to telling stories of climate solutions and a just future. An international team of researchers found that global emissions of methane, a ...